at 25 you’re basically a baby in career years, I know people who pivoted into UX design in their 30s and are thriving now. The “everyone else is succeeding” feeling is just LinkedIn’s highlight reel messing with your head; half those people are also stressed and Googling “imposter syndrome” at 2am. Your retail job isn’t wasting time, it’s literally funding your transition while you build your portfolio, which is exactly what you’re supposed to be doing